Folding furniture



Aug. 7, 1928. 1,67%514 N. N. BROWN FOLDING FURNITURE Filed July 28, 1924 I INVENTOR.

I IYEWTO/V mB/wWW ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

NEWTOII N. BROWN, OFRACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO GOLD MEDAL CAMP FURNI- TUBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

FOLDING FURNITURE.

This invention relates to improvements in folding tables and more particularly to a folding table having a collapsible basin or the like associated therewith.

One object of the invention is to provide means for receiving and supporting a collapsible basin or other water-holding receptacle in combination with a folding table of the type shown, for instance, in my prior coending application, Serial No. 498,725,- filed ge tember 6, 1921.

. ther objects and advantages ofthe invention will appear fronrthe following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein one form of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings Fig. lis a perspective view of a combined table'and' basin constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2' is a. sectional view 22 of Figfl; and j Fig.3 is a fragmentary detail showing the sockets in one of the side rails for receiving the ends of the basin supporting members.

Referring more in detail to the'drawings, the folding table is shown as comprising end legs hinged together as at 11 intermediate their ends and hinged at their upper ends 30 to longitudinally. extending side rails 12, the latter being longitudinally grooved from endtoend as at 13. g i The top of the table is shown at 14 and is preferably of some suitable flexible material havin secured along its opposite sideedges rod-1i e elements 15 designed, whenthe table is in operative position to engage within. the grooves 13 as shown. Buttons, or the like, 16 pivotallyattached to the side rails 12 below the grooves servelto retain th'eelements 15 withinsaid grooves, the arrange ment of parts beingsuch'that whenthe opposite sideedges ofthetable .top'are clamped inposition within the grooves and the table unfolded and set upin operativepo'sition, the said table top will be stretched taut as will readily appear.

The folding parts ofthe table, including the legs and side rails, are all inter-connected as above described, and in addition are suitably braced by rule joints or the like 1.7 and 18.

The folding table, thus far described, forms the basis of my prior co-pending application above identified, and in View of taken on the line 1924. Serial No. 728,545.

this further detailed description herein will be dispensed with.

According to the present invention it is contemplated to combine a collapsible basin or other water-holding receptacle with the folding table above described, and in this manner form a structure which may be used fora; variety of differentpurposes, in camps for instance, and other places where folding furniture is mostly use The basin or water-holding receptaclein the drawings bears reference character 19 and is of the collapsible type. The table top 14 terminates short of the ends of the side rails of the table adjacent-one end of the latter, and adjacent such end of the table top the basin is mounted with the upper edges thereof lying flush with the top of said table. For this purpose the side rails 12 are each provided with sockets 20 in their upper edges. Rigid supporting elements 21 in the form of rods of the like are secure'd to the opposite side edges of the basin andare ofa length to be received at their opposite ends within sockets 20 and when the table is extended into its operative position, as shown more clearly Fig. 1 of the draw.- ings. In this mannerthe basin isjsupported from the rods 21, the latter in turn being supported on the side bars 12.

acme ends of the basin the same is. mvided with rod-like elements22 designed to engage within the grooves 13 of the side bars previously described, said elements be ing retained therein by buttons 23 in-the same manner as previously described in connection with the securing of the tabletop in position. v

Thus it will be obviousthat the basin, in addition to being supported at its ends in the' manner described and as the table top is supported, is also supported transversely of the table by means ofthe rigid supporting members 21 which fit intothe sockets 20 formed in the top edges of't'he side bars. These members ,21being inter-fitted in the side bars, as shown and described, also serve to strengthen the table when extended and to a certain extent prevent relative twisting of the sides thereof.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention is susceptible of various changes and modifications, and it is not de sired therefore to limit the same to a particular form or arrangement of parts herein illustrated and described, except where limitations appear in the appended claims.

The invention claimed is:

1. The combination with a table having legs and side rails, the latter having sockets formed therein, of a collapsible basin, supporting members secured to the sides-of said basin and loosely engaging said sockets at their opposite ends, and means for fastening the ends of said basin to said rails.

2. The combination with a. folding table having legs and side rails formed with upwardly opening sockets therein, of a collapsible basin, rigid supporting members secured to the sides of said basin and adapted to extend transversely of said table, the ends of said members being received within said sockets.

3. The combination witha folding table having legs and grooved side rails formed with upwardly opening sockets therein, of a collapsible basin, rigid supporting members secured to the sides of said basin and adapted to extend transversely of said table, the ends of said members being received within said sockets, rod-like elements secured to the ends of said basin for engagen'ient with the grooves of said rails, and means for holding said elements in said grooves.

4. The combination with a folding table having legs, side rails, a top supported by the latter, of a collapsible basin, transverse supporting members therefor engageable in sockets formed in said side rails, said basin when in operative position depending between said side rails with the top edges thereof in substantially the same plane as said table top.

5. In a device of the character described, side rails provided with sockets, supporting members for said rails pivotally connected and adapted to be folded together whereby said rails are moved together, and a basin provided with supporting elements having ends adapted to fit into and rest in said sockets when said members and said rails are unfolded, said basin and said supporting elements therefor being removable from operative relation with said rails to permit movement of the latter together upon movement of said members to folded position.

6. In a device of the character described, side rails provided with sockets and longitudinal grooves, supporting members for said rails pivotally connected and adapted to be folded together whereby said rails are moved together, and a basin provided with end portions adapted for insertion into said grooves and with supporting elements having ends adapted to fit into and rest in said sockets when said members and said rails are unfolded, and means for holding said end portions in said grooves, said end portions and said supporting elements acting together to support said basin from said rails, said means and said supporting elements being adapted to provide for removal of said basin from operative relation with said rails to permit movement of the latter together upon movement of said legs to folded position.

7. In a device of the character described, side rails provided with sockets, supporting members for said rails pivotally connected and adapted to be folded together whereby said rails are moved together, a basin provided with supporting elements having ends adapted to fit into and rest in said sockets when said members and said rails are unfolded to a given position, said elements acting when in position to prevent folding of said members and said rails, and a top of fibrous material having opposite edges there of secured to said rails and arranged to provide a table adjacent said basin when said members and said rails are unfolded to said position and adapted to prevent unfolding of said members and sail rails past said position;

8. In a device of the character described, side rails, legs pivotally connected intermediate the ends thereof and to adjacent ends of said rails, said legs being adapted to be folded together whereby said rails are moved together, a basin provided with elements adapted to engage said rails when said legs are unfolded to a given position whereby said basin is supported from said rails and folding of said legs prevented, and a top of fibrous material having opposite edges thereof secured to said rails and arranged to provide a table adjacent said basin when said legs are unfolded to said position and adapted to prevent unfolding of said legs past said position, said supporting elements of said basin being adapted to provide for removal of said basin from operative relati on with respect to said rails.

In witness whereof I hereto affix my signature.

NEWTON N. BROWN. 

